ItrainOnline Multimedia Training Kit (MMTK) Evaluation

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By ItrainOnline/APC

LONDON, UK, 18 February 2005

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Please tell us what you think about the MMTK - whether you are a dedicated or an occasional user we would like to hear from you.

The MMTK partners are evaluating the initiative this month, and we

would be most grateful to hear from you about your experiences and views about using the training kit.

The purpose of the questionnaire is to gather users views about MMTK to inform further developments. The evaluation is being sponsored by UNESCO, and conducted by OneWorld. The results of the evaluation will be shared on the site, and will be a valuable input to future developments of the toolkit.

A key resource identified as lacking was a comprehensive, integrated series of training materials to be used by staff of community media and multimedia communication providers that progress from beginner to advanced levels, and that include resources on the fundamental principles and processes involved in communication for development.

A complete suite of training materials would cover a range of skills, from content production, to broadcasting ethics, Source: APC">ICT

maintenance, management and business planning, and technical skills in working with digital audio and video and integrating old and new technologies as well as organisation and implementation of community outreach activities.

In July 2002, the decision was taken to start the MMTK project, based on the principle of partners pooling existing training resources and collaborating to build a complete suite of materials, by the following organizations: UNESCO, APC, OneWorld, AMARC, Panos UK.

First meeting:

In October 2002, the first meeting of the MMTK editorial group took place and these partners were joined by FAO, Radio for Development and Search for Common Ground. In an intensive 2-day workshop, this group established the MMTK curriculum, the MMTK format and identified the first modules and units to be developed on the basis of a review

of all the partners' existing materials.

First phase of production:

A first phase of production was undertaken, with APC as the coordinator, funded by UNESCO and Rockefeller Foundation. The first phase involved significant preliminary planning and preparatory work. This and the following production phases involved a system of collective decision-making on unit and module priorities, followed by a bidding system for production of prioritized units.

Subsequent phases:

UNESCO then funded a second and third phase of production to be completed in December 2004.

Other content/funding:

Recently, unit production has also been conducted in parallel to the UNESCO-funded consortium system, with other funding sources and without the process of collective identification of priorities, but nevertheless providing units identified as important to the kit.

Strategic objectives and expected results:

The primary expected result of the MMTK project is the empowerment of communities and increased effectiveness of support for development work, through enhanced capacity and skills bases. The primary objectives were to create an effective partnership and production system, reducing unnecessary duplication, and to develop an integrated set of multimedia training materials. Further objectives were to pilot these materials in workshops organized by the partners themselves and to disseminate the kit widely for use by trainers worldwide.